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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
All of these pets are
available for adoption
at the Barrow County
Animal Control
Shelter. For more
information on these
or other animals,
contact the shelter at
770-307-3012. You
may email
ccrane@barrow.
ga.org or visit the
shelter at 616 Barrow
Park Drive in Winder.
Hours of opera
tion are Mondays,
Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays from
8 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
Wednesdays from
1-5 p.m. and every
second and fourth
Saturdays from 9
a.m. until noon.
Please refer to
the animal’s ID
number when mak
ing inquiries. You
can visit Saving
Barrow County
Animal Control Pets
on Facebook for
more information.
Barrow News/Tottrnars
Pets of the Week for Nov. 9
CLEMENTINE
This 2-3-year-old female is very
friendly. She is already vaccinated
and microchipped. Please go meet
this sweet girl today.
2016-08-228
JADE
There is no charge to adopt this
2-3-year-old female. She is available
at the PetSmart n Venture Drive in
Duluth. She is still in need of a forev
er home. 2016-09-096
EDITH
This 3-4-year-old female Jack Russell
Terrier mix is shy, but very sweet.
She would love a new family to call
her own. Come see her today. 2016-
10-044
GYPSY
This 2-3-year-old female is very
friendly. All cats are $35, which pays
for spay/neuter, shots and microchip.
Go meet this sweet girl today and
make her yours.
2016-08-128
HOTCH
The 1-2-year-old male beagle mix is
extremely friendly and looking for a
new home. Come visit him and give
him a new family.
2016-10-039
MARTHA
This 1-2-year-old female hound mix is
shy, but she is also extremely friend
ly. Come visit her today and make her
your new pet.
2016-10-024
MELODY
This 1-3-year-old female is very
friendly. All cats are $35, which pays
for spay/neuter, shots and microchip.
Please go meet this sweet girl today.
2016-08-059
NINA
This 1-3-year-old female bulldog mix is
shy and acts super anxious and hyper
inside her kennel. Once outside, she
is cool. She knows how to sit, shake
hands, and crawl in your lap for love.
2016-08-029
WBCT DONATES
TO PEACE
PLACE
The Winder-
Barrow Community
Theatre recently
donated over
$400 to The Peace
Place, a battered
women’s shelter
serving Barrow
County, from part
of the proceeds
of the recent play,
“Rehearsal for
Murder.” Also
included were
donations from
audience members
who attended the
shows. Pictured are
WBCT president
Tery Overbey, left,
and Jonnie Hunter,
Peace Place interim
director.
Upcoming events planned at
Auburn Library this month
The following events are coming up at
the Auburn Library:
•Craftemoon - Saturday, Nov. 12, from
12-4 p.m., for ages 3 and up with a caregiv
er. “Once a month, drop in and make a free
craft,” said Bel Outwater, librarian. “We
provide all supllies.”
•Ready to Read Pre-K Story Time
- Monday, Nov. 14, 11:15 a.m., for ages
two and up with a caregiver. “Ms. Renee
uses stories, rhymes and songs to entertain
and teach early literacy concepts.” said
Outwater.
•Stitch, Knit and Crochet Club - Mon
day, Nov. 14. 1 p.m.
•Adult Coloring - Monday, Nov. 14,
from 6-8 p.m.
“Come color your cares away.” said
Outwater.
“Use our supplies or bring your own.
Adults only.”
•Lapsit Story Time - Wednesday, Nov.
16,11:15 a.m. Designed for ages birth to 2
years. This story time introduces our littlest
patrons to board books and sensory toys as
well as rhymes and songs.
•Worldwide Wednesdays Adult Com
puter Lessons. Call the library for appoint
ment times.
•November is Food for Fines Month -
Bring in a canned or boxed food item for
$1 off your fines. Does not apply to lost or
damaged materials.
The library is located at 24 5th Street.
Library hours are: Monday, 11 a.m. to 8
p.m.; Tuesday through Thursday, 11 a.m.
to 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5
p.m.; and closed on Sundays.
For more information contact the library
at 770-513-2925 or www.aubum.prlib.org.
Christmas Parade set for Dec. 10
The 68th Winder Christ
mas Parade will be held on
Saturday, Dec. 10, begin
ning at 4 p.m. in downtown
Winder.
The parade will take place
along North Broad Street,
going through downtown
beginning at Ingles, traveling
south to East Athens Street
towards Jug Tavern Park.
The road closures will be
as follows:
•North Broad Street from
Lake Drive to May Street,
and East Athens Street from
North Broad Street to MLK
Drive.
The road closures will
begin at the parade’s com
mencement.
•East Candler Street
between North Broad Street
to Park Avenue, and North
Jackson Street between
Candler Street and Midland
Avenue will also be closed
between the hours of 7 a.m.
and 11 p.m. on Dec. 10,
for parade festivities which
include a holiday concert
immediately following the
parade, vendors, kids activi
ties and the holiday ice skat
ing rink.
The gazebo parking lot on
East Candler Street will be
closed from Dec. 8 through
Dec. 20, for the holiday ice
skating rink.
If there are any questions,
contact city clerk April Plank
at 678-425-6805 or email
her at april.plank@cityof-
winder.com.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD DONATE TO BARROW SCHOOLS
Woodmen of the World North Georgia Chapter 1395 recently donated $550 to
the Barrow County School System’s Food2Kids program, which helps feed
students whose families are struggling with food insecurity on the week
ends. The donation will help sponsor to Barrow County students this school
year. The group has continuously been a reliable donor to the school system
each year, according to school officials. To make a donation, go to http://
foodbanknega.org/donate. Click on “Hunger Programs” and then “Food
2 Kids Barrow.” Pictured, from left to right, are: Clifton Shedd, Woodmen
of the World, Ellen Petree, Barrow County School System school & com
munity relations coordinator; Jennifer Benford, BCSS Social Worker; Dr.
Chris McMichael, Barrow County schools superintendent; and Mike Creech,
Woodmen of the World.
Rich continued from 1C
think that everyone should
be available, on demand,
at any time. I returned
my sister’s call one day
and she said immediately,
“Where have you been?
I’ve been trying to reach
you. I tried both your
home phone and then I
called your cell.”
“Well, I washed my hair
then I dried it. I’ve been
out of touch for 20 min
utes.”
This is true. And, then it
turned out not to be any
thing earth shaking like
someone was dead or close
to it.
One night over dinner
with friends, we were dis
cussing how “run ragged”
we all are and how we
never get caught up.
One of our friends, the
president of a major uni
versity, opined, “You know
what I think it is? Email.
There’s so much of it and
it requires so much atten
tion with the questions and
requests.”
A couple of months
later, I was reading a mem
oir by one of Nashville’s
most successful song
writers, Bobby Braddock
(co-writer of the song con
sidered by many to be the
number one country song
of all time “He Stopped
Loving Her Today”), and
he mentioned in passing
how much he used to get
done in the 1970s and
1980s. “I’d write 10 songs
a month, take vacations,
party and I read a lot.”
That statement coupled
with what my friend said
about email, convinced
me. All this communica
tion is strangling our work
and lives.
I’m going off the grid.
Every day by 11 a.m., I’m
finishing with emails and
texts and my cell phone is
being turned off.
We still have a land line
so you can call that if you
need me but chances are I
won’t be home.
You’ll probably find me
in the sitting area of our
barn, tucked in with my
laptop - there’s no WiFi
there - writing and being
generally productive.
It’s my favorite place on
the Rondarosa.
There’s the smell of rich
timber wood and the com
pany of two horses and a
miniature donkey - usual
ly with briars stuck to their
unkempt manes - sticking
their heads through the
stall doors and looking
pitiful in hopes of getting
sweet feed.
The rescue cats, who
are all named after SEC
schools (with the excep
tion of the ginger who is
named Archie Manning),
wander in and out. while
the dogs sprawl on the sofa
and chair.
It’s peaceful there.
No one has a question I
need to answer or a prob
lem I need to solve that
will derail my work sched
ule.
Just like Mama. I’ll
probably be piddling with
no phone nearby.
Ronda Rich is the
best-selling author of
What Southern Women
Know (That Every Woman
Should). Visit www.rond-
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